FSU Dominates Pitt in Soccer Showdown, Securing 4th Straight College Cup Spot

For the fourth straight year, the Florida State soccer team is headed to the College Cup. The top-seeded Seminoles (20-0-1) beat the Pittsburgh Panthers (14-5-1) 3-0 at the Seminole Soccer Complex to advance to the College Cup for the 14th time in program history.

While the final score was 3-0, it hardly indicated how competitive much of Friday’s matchup was. The Seminoles scored their first goal in the 63rd minute after a Pitt handball awarded FSU a penalty kick. The second goal came just over five minutes later on another penalty kick by graduate transfer Leah Pais, and the third was scored by Onyi Echegini less than a minute after that.

FSU head coach Brian Pensky stated, “Really proud of our team. We knew it was going to be a tough game. Going into halftime 0-0, not unfamiliar territory… Just kept plugging away, defended well. Never really gave them a clean look, we had a couple of clean looks. Obviously, goals change games.”

Overall, the Seminoles scored their three goals in a matter of six minutes and five seconds of game time. “I love playing with these guys,” Echegini said. “Like you can see, when we get going, it’s like a chain reaction of we score and we score.”

FSU outscored its four opponents by a combined score of 14-0 in its home NCAA Tournament matches on the path to the College Cup, which is being held at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. on Dec. 1 (semifinals) and Dec. 4 (championship match).

The Seminoles will play the winner of the Clemson-Penn State quarterfinal match in the College Cup Semifinals next Friday.

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